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45-year-old woman who was killed as she walked onto I-55 near Sherman, Ill., in
October was revealed to have been a member of a Jehovah’s Witnesses breakaway
group that believes they should test their faith (much like snake handlers
do) by standing in the middle of traffic. A few days before her fatal
demonstration of faith, she had been pulled to safety from the same highway as
she attempted to proselytize to drivers zooming by. [Springfield State
Journal-Register, 10-27-00]